State Senate President Tim Bee told capitol reporters last week to vacate offices in the state senate building that they've worked in since the 1970s.
As first reported on Friday by the Arizona Republic's capitol reporter, Matthew Benson, Bee sent an eviction letter (reprinted below) to Howard Fischer, the capitol's one-man news wire service. Laura Devany, spokeswoman for the Republican senators, confirmed for New Times that the letter applies to all news media working in the building.
"Fan photo" From Pamela Gorman's Facebook SiteOur esteemed state lawmakers should not be fodder for over-eager journalists who want to follow them around as if the Legislature was a reality show, says Pamela Gorman (pictured), a Republican state senator from Anthem.
In an East Valley Tribune article by Howard Fischer about the senate's upcoming media kick-out, Gorman pulls out a gritty witicism while defending the "practice" of chatting with other Republican lawmakers away fro
GOP bigwigs and their pandering pals in the mainstream press are apoplectic about a state senator and New Times' fight to discover the truth. What're these pols trying to hide?
